In this day and age, one cannot simply imagine life without gadgets. Sure, your grandparents managed to live without them. However, it is a known fact that your lives today have become entwined, if not reliant, on technology and gadgets.

So how do you spell out gadgets and classify them? Would a day without gadgets equate to the stone age?

Starting Your Day

By starting your day with your alarm clock, you are already using your “gadget.” Well, what do you do when you wake up? You check your phone— it’s with you everywhere and anywhere you go. Basically, it would be impractical to go on a full day without some kind of gadget making your life easier from organizing your calendar to your phonebook, everything is controlled by your gadget.

A Day without your Phone

..is like a day in hell. For almost all people, cellular phones are the center of their lives— from to do lists, messages, and music; you can do anything within the palm of your hand, making itself indispensable in your life.

What happens if all your gadgets disappear or just stop working? That’s where you can maximize your day without the fuss of going over senseless stuff on your phone. You will end up doing what you have taken for granted: connecting with people.

Though you can easily connect with people through phone even from miles away, nothing beats spending time with them. Nothing can beat the simplicity and the little details that you can appreciate when you are gadget-free.

Learning a Lot

Without your gadgets, you are able to simply do things without the help of a machine. You get to learn a lot by doing things “manually.”

Start your day by completely exiling your phone and music player. The options you have for your whole day may be more than you can ever imagine. Here are a few things you can do on your gadget-free day:

Read that book you’ve been meaning to read

You’ve bought the book in the hope of reading it, but you never really had the time. Well, instead of scrolling through social media, you can now sit comfortably on your couch and open that book.

Eat together with your family and talk

Since most people spend so much time on their phones that conversing with family and friends, take some time off and cook for your family. Sit down with them and spend some quality time discussing how each other’s day went.

Play a game with your family

No, not Candy Crush! Playing and spending time with your family or friends lets you appreciate a good laugh and how fun it is to share fun and laughter with them. Various board games are still available today that do not need any gadget assistance such as Scrabble or Monopoly.

Time well spent is not time wasted. By spending quality time with the people that matter most, you are able to give yourself time to appreciate the simple things in life. Never be too busy with your life or over-dependent on your gadget for everything. Memories are still the greatest treasure that a person can hold— far greater than any electronic device on the planet.

How to Spend a Day without Gadgets

In this day and age, one cannot simply imagine life without gadgets. Sure, your grandparents managed to live without them. However, it is a known fact that your lives today have become entwined, if not reliant, on technology and gadgets.

So how do you spell out gadgets and classify them? Would a day without gadgets equate to the stone age?

Starting Your Day

By starting your day with your alarm clock, you are already using your “gadget.” Well, what do you do when you wake up? You check your phone— it’s with you everywhere and anywhere you go. Basically, it would be impractical to go on a full day without some kind of gadget making your life easier from organizing your calendar to your phonebook, everything is controlled by your gadget.

A Day without your Phone

..is like a day in hell. For almost all people, cellular phones are the center of their lives— from to do lists, messages, and music; you can do anything within the palm of your hand, making itself indispensable in your life.

What happens if all your gadgets disappear or just stop working? That’s where you can maximize your day without the fuss of going over senseless stuff on your phone. You will end up doing what you have taken for granted: connecting with people.

Though you can easily connect with people through phone even from miles away, nothing beats spending time with them. Nothing can beat the simplicity and the little details that you can appreciate when you are gadget-free.

Learning a Lot

Without your gadgets, you are able to simply do things without the help of a machine. You get to learn a lot by doing things “manually.”

Start your day by completely exiling your phone and music player. The options you have for your whole day may be more than you can ever imagine. Here are a few things you can do on your gadget-free day:

Read that book you’ve been meaning to read

You’ve bought the book in the hope of reading it, but you never really had the time. Well, instead of scrolling through social media, you can now sit comfortably on your couch and open that book.

Eat together with your family and talk

Since most people spend so much time on their phones that conversing with family and friends, take some time off and cook for your family. Sit down with them and spend some quality time discussing how each other’s day went.

Play a game with your family

No, not Candy Crush! Playing and spending time with your family or friends lets you appreciate a good laugh and how fun it is to share fun and laughter with them. Various board games are still available today that do not need any gadget assistance such as Scrabble or Monopoly.

Time well spent is not time wasted. By spending quality time with the people that matter most, you are able to give yourself time to appreciate the simple things in life. Never be too busy with your life or over-dependent on your gadget for everything. Memories are still the greatest treasure that a person can hold— far greater than any electronic device on the planet.